Simon Novelius the Younger (1716–1778) , a Swedish clergyman from Uppland ― by the way one of the ancestors of Lenin's mother ― led a very troubled and loose life, for he was afflicted with an aberrati...

In October 1922 Cesare had the very rare privilege of gaining admittance to the Kremlin to paint sketches of the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin.[6] He was also able to make sketches of Leon Trotsky on th...

Regarded as one of the greatest and most inscrutable movie stars ever produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the Hollywood studio system, Swedish-American actress Greta Garbo appeared in only 27 American ...

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (alias Lenin ) was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as head of government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from...